أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ 1
Sahih International
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?
Ash-Sharh
The Relief
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ 1
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?
وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ 2
And We removed from you your burden
ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ 3
Which had weighed upon your back
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ 4
And raised high for you your repute.
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا 5
For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].
إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا 6
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ 7
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب 8
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.